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English

Etymology
Though it exists in late OE. fals was not common usage until the 12th century. It probably entered or reentered the language through OF. or N. fals, faus. Prior to that it is clear to have come from L., falsus, meaning "falsehood", from the earlier verb fallere, "to decieve".

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-false.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. untrue|Untrue, not factual, wrong.
2. spurious|Spurious, artificial (as in false tooth|teeth).
3. logic A state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.

Synonyms
incorrect
wrong

Antonyms
real
true

Derived terms
falsehood
falseness
falsity

Related terms
false attack
false friend

Translations
trans-top|untrue, not factual, wrong
Czech: t-|cs|nepravdivý|m
Danish: t-|da|falsk
Dutch: t|nl|onwaar, t+|nl|vals, t+|nl|fout, t|nl|onjuist
Finnish: valheellinen, epätosi, väärä, vale- (prefix)
French: t+|fr|faux, t+|fr|incorrect
German: t+|de|falsch, t+|de|unwahr
Greek: t+|el|�ε�δή�|trpseuðís|scGrek
Hebrew: he-translation|שקר�|shikrí m, he-translation|�� נ���|ló nakhón m
Indonesian: t-|id|salah|xs=Indonesian
trans-mid
Interlingua: #Interlingua|false
Italian: t+|it|falso, t+|it|errato
Polish: fa�szywy, nieprawdziwy
Portuguese: t+|pt|falso, t+|pt|errado
Romanian: fals#Romanian|fals, neadev�r
Spanish: t+|es|falso
Swedish: t-|sv|falsk, t-|sv|osann
Turkish: t+|tr|yanlı�, t+|tr|yalan
Welsh: anwir, anghywir
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trans-top|spurious, artificial
Danish: kunstig
Dutch: t+|nl|vals, t|nl|onecht
Finnish: teko- (prefix), keino- (prefix)
French: t+|fr|faux, t+|fr|artificiel
German: t+|de|falsch
Greek: t+|el|�ε�δή�|trpseuðís|scGrek, t-|el|�λα����|trplastós|scGrek, t-|el|κίβδηλο�|trkívðilos|scGrek, t-|el|ν�θο�|trnóθos|scGrek
Hebrew: he-translation|�����ף|mezuyáf m, he-translation|ת�ת�|totáv m (prosthetic), he-translation|ת�ת�ת|totévet f (prosthetic)
Indonesian: buat|buatan
Interlingua: #Interlingua|false
trans-mid
Italian: t-|it|posticcio, t+|it|finto
Polish: sztuczny
Portuguese: t+|pt|falso, t+|pt|artificial
Romanian: fals#Romanian|fals, artificial#Romanian|artificial, contraf�cut
Spanish: t|es|postiza
Swedish: konstgjord
Turkish: t+|tr|yapay, t+|tr|sahte
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trans-top|state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result
Dutch: t|nl|onwaar, t+|nl|vals
Finnish: t+|fi|epätosi
French: t+|fr|faux
Hebrew: he-translation|שקר�|shikrí m
Italian: t+|it|falso
Romanian: t+|ro|fals|n
trans-mid
Swedish: t+|sv|falskt
Turkish: t+|tr|yanlı�
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Catalan: fals#Catalan
ttbc|Ido: falsa
ttbc|Indonesian: palsu
ttbc|Irish: bréagach
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ttbc|Japanese: �, �� (���, nise-no)
ttbc|Latin: falsus
ttbc|Spanish: falso, falaz

Category:1000 English basic words

Italian

Adjective
false p

1. feminine of|falso#Adjective|falso

Category:Italian adjective forms

ar:false
es:false
fr:false
hy:false
io:false
id:false
it:false
kk:false
ku:false
hu:false
ja:false
pl:false
pt:false
ru:false
simple:false
fi:false
sv:false
ta:false
te:false
vi:false
zh:false

• 2007-12-19 13:45 - Tbot - added t for de, pt, tr, sv

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